#8A2218#8A2218

#8A2218 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.141 H 29.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2218
RGB	rgb(138, 34, 24)
HSL	hsl(5, 70%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(5, 83%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.4%, 82.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.91, 43.06, 32.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.91, 53.89, 36.97°)
OKLab	oklab(42.1% 0.1226 0.0699)
OKLCH	oklch(42.1% 0.141 29.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.2195, 6.6150, 1.5501)
Luminance	0.0661 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2218 #18808A

analogous

#8A1847 #8A2218 #8A5B18

triadic

#8A2218 #188A22 #22188A

tetradic

#8A2218 #478A18 #18808A #5B188A

square

#8A2218 #478A18 #18808A #5B188A

split-complementary

#8A2218 #188A5B #18478A

monochromatic

#220806 #56150F #8A2218 #BE2F21 #DE4D3F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.04

#8A2218 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.32

#8A2218 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2218

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2218	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2218	1.00	9.04	2.32	9.04
#FFFFFF	9.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#423A16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5113

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980021

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2218;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 34, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.141 29.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56556',
    500: '#8a2218',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2218;
$custom-light: #b56556;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2218",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.263,
    "s": 70.37,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42096,
    "c": 0.14108,
    "h": 29.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2218

secondary

#40B2BD

accent

#DDED3B

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2218

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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